Ever Had a "Coregasm"? Let's Just Say Some Women Find Exercise VERY Satisfying

OK, here's a super-personal question for you: have you ever had an orgasm... while working out? Stories have circulated (even here on Vitamin G!) for years about the "coregasm"--an exercise-induced orgasm that's often correlated with core-strengthening workouts (thus the name). And now, there's research to back it up.

According to Debby Herbenick, a researcher for the study: "The most common exercises associated with exercise-induced orgasm were abdominal exercises, climbing poles or ropes, biking/spinning and weight lifting. ... These data are interesting because they suggest that orgasm is not necessarily a sexual event, and they may also teach us more about the bodily processes underlying women's experiences of orgasm."

The researchers aren't clear on the physical mechanisms that make "coregasms" possible in women, but they say that--according to the 370 women in the study who have experienced exercise-induced sexual pleasure--having one isn't rare. After all, about 40 percent of women surveying have experienced it on more than 10 occasions.

Honestly, this doesn't surprise me. After all, exercise already releases a bunch of feel-good hormones, gets your blood pumping, and puts you in closer touch with all the signals your body is sending. Throw in some well-placed gym equipment--and, well, why not?